The relative weight given to the output gap is denoted by the Greek letter lambda.

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The worst outcome would be for Europe and north Africa, both losing relative weight in the world, to reinforce one another's decline.

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On the extreme side, if investors only invest in index funds, individual equity prices would move solely based on their relative weight in the index.

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It has been less good at clarifying their relative weight.

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Unfortunately, the recent Journal of the American Medical Association publication analyzing life expectancy correlations to one imperfect calculation of relative weight (BMI, the body mass index) distracts readers all-too-eager to cling to its implications that being chubby is actually better.

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So as far as the Middle East and Central Asia are concerned, a primary lesson of the Cold War relates to the relative weight the US can securely place in its alliance with Israel on the one hand, and its alliance with the Saudis on the other.

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Lorcaserin affords a 3.0 to 3.7 percent weight-loss in one year relative to beyond that with placebo when used at the recommended dose.

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They argued only about the relative importance of different rights, and about the weight that should be given to individual rights and the conflicting doctrine of national sovereignty.

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Relative to their vast Indian neighbour, for example, Pakistan's cricketers have a history of punching above their weight.

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